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Re: Google Now

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Post by ceejayoz »

drharris wrote: post #43
tomp wrote: post #34

It's sad that all these generic names that Google is coming up with (Play, Now, Plus, Glass), can probably be copyrighted and everybody else would then be prevented from using them... What a wicked capitalistic world, what a sad day for freedom.

You probably can't get the trademark on a single word like those. Any trademark would likely have to include the word or logo for Google. That said, if Yahoo creates a music/video service called Yahoo Play, you can guarantee there will be a successful lawsuit.

Microsoft has a trademark on "Windows", so it's entirely possible to get one on a single word. T-Mobile claims one on the colour magenta.

Re: Google Now

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Post by bookwormAT »

jamesgeck0 wrote: post #54
degenerate wrote: post #48

How come whenever Google launches something, I only know the who/what, but am never told the when/where/how? Telling me WHEN (if ever) this will be available on my device, WHERE to download it when that happens, and HOW it will integrate into my device/profile would be really nice to read about :(

It's a part of Android 4.1, so the WHEN, WHERE and HOW depend a lot on what phone you have.

"It's a part of Android 4.1"

Is it? I think Google Now is part of the "Google Apps for Android" suite. These apps are not part of Android itself, they are licensed by manufacturers to complement their Android-based operating system.

And these Apps are usually updated by Google and independently from the OS. So unless "Google Now" uses a specific API that is only available in 4.1, I would expect older devices receive the app as well.

Re: Google Now

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Post by nik_0_0 »

bmelton wrote: post #79

I think this is a direct competitor to the recently re-launched Cue, but with perhaps better integration with things like Glass. I'm eager to see how the Cue/Greplin team aim to address this shot across the bow, and having never used either, if there's something distinctly different about them that migh encourage me to use both (or Cue vs Now). Interesting to see two such complete implementations of 'day-planning' hi…

First thing I thought as well, extraordinarily similar to Cue, with (most likely) much stronger integration: maps, calendar, mail, etc.

Re: Google Now

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Post by mike-cardwell »

brown9-2 wrote: post #57

Confusing that nothing on the page (besides the video) mentions the word "Android" or how you can get Now.

Yes. I just wasted my time looking on the Android market place for something called Google Now, and not finding it.

Re: Google Now

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Post by tspiteri »

arb99 wrote: post #12

Their subtitles (which are turned on automatically on that video) don't match up at all. Guessing it was automatically transcribed (speech to text)... would have thought they'd of tested that! (Or just manually entered them)

Some people transcribe improperly too, e.g., "they'd of" instead of "they'd have". (Or is that "they'd've"?)

Re: Google Now

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Post by Karunamon »

Artistry121 wrote: post #53
tomp wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is much less of a privacy issue for me than is when Google reads my email, for example. Here, I'm aware of the fact that my data (location, appointments, flight plans) is read, because I couldn't get the recommendations/information otherwise. So, it's much more of a consensual act. If they use this data for other purposes (ads/paid recommendations/geotracking), that is a separate issue, and I would be very mad.

Google doesn't "read" your emails. The information completely secured from human eyes. A computer looks for words and phrases and tries to match ads to email content. Sometimes this is helpful, but the advertisers only receive anonymous data and no humans at Google or anywhere else read your data. Source: http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answe...

The information completely secured from human eyes

That isn't entirely accurate. There has to be a way to access mailboxes for troubleshooting/compliance purposes - A couple years ago, a Google engineer got fired for snooping into some kid's mailbox.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2369188,00.asp

Re: Google Now

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Post by BradleyStC »

Lots of different div's there on the page telling me how great it is, but where's the all important Call-To-Action?. I clicked back to HN to try and figure out what it actually is and maybe how to get it.

Re: Google Now

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Post by alttab »

jamesgeck0 wrote: post #54
degenerate wrote: post #48

How come whenever Google launches something, I only know the who/what, but am never told the when/where/how? Telling me WHEN (if ever) this will be available on my device, WHERE to download it when that happens, and HOW it will integrate into my device/profile would be really nice to read about :(

It's a part of Android 4.1, so the WHEN, WHERE and HOW depend a lot on what phone you have.

Google now, later.
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